Fontella Surname

363,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 992 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Fontella Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fontella Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil9131:234,4749,064
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Wales51:618,90625,852
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Fontella (648) may also be a first name.

Fontella Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fontella Come From? nationality or country of origin

Fontella is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fontella? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 363,955th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,346,316 people. Fontella occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Fontella live; 94 percent live in South America and 92 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 326,442nd most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 648 people.

Fontella is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 913 people, or 1 in 234,474. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 60 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 25 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 4 percent live. Barring Brazil this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live and Argentina, where 1 percent live.

Fontella Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fontella surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% being registered with the party.

Fontella earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.95% less than the national average, earning $37,991 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fontella
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